Device for holding straps or ropes



(ModeL) T. H. EULASS. DEVICE FOR HOLDING STRAPS 0R ROPES.

No. 246,105. Patented Aug. 23,1881,

W8 he Q HNI'IED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

THOMAS H. EULASS, OF LEBANON, OHIO.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING STRAPS OR ROPES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,105, dated August 23, 1881.

Application filed June 20, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS H. EULASS, of Lebanon, Varren county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices for Holding Straps and Ropes, such as halterstraps, clothes-lines, 850.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part corners or ends of the latch A project at right angles with the body, as shown in Fig. 2.

In the groove of the latch, and between the (Model.)

projecting corners or ends, I place a staple, B, Fig. 1, which is driven in or otherwise secured to the rack-post or other place upon which the device is desired to be used for the purpose of holding the latch to its place. Just back of staple B, I secure another staple, C, Fig. 1, for the purpose of preventing the latch from being displaced or thrown forward by an upward jerk of the strap or rope.

To operate my invention, pass the strap or rope through the staple O and under the staple B, and thenbeneath the latch A, when on pulling the reverse way the strap will be found to be fast beneath the latch.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An improved rope or strap holder, consisting of the staples O and B and corrugated latch A, all arranged substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

THOMAS H. EULASS.

Witnesses:

IRA HALSTEAD, T. T. WEAVER. 

